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VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change ?
Tuning steps 12.5 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 58-88 / 144-174 / 400-470 MHz 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 10-80 m
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity VHF: 0.5 µV
UHF: 0.4 µV
< 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. ?
Selectivity ? 5kHz (6 dB) or better ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 60dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker / 3.5 mm jack out 1W @ 3% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-80 m
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 200 W

Connections

Antenna TV-antenne - -
Impedance 50/75Ω 50 Ω 20/300 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 13.8V DC Mains (120 VAC) Separate PSU
Current RX ? 40W ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 198x in Japan Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 1968 and 19xx
Dimensions 265 × 70 × 265 mm
(10.43 × 2.76 × 10.43 in)
305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
?
Weight 3.30 kg (7.3 lbs) 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 10 channels/second ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Tape out ? ?
Accessories - ? ?
MPN COMMANDER-000328 DRAKE-000002-B SWAN-(CUBIC)-000350C